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Duck breast on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Duck breast is a kind of duck meat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 263 products, most often in poultry.

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Does duck breast contain an allergen?

Duck breast is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is duck breast vegan?

No. Duck breast is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youIt comes from meat or another slaughter product.

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What other names does duck breast have on a label?

On European labels it is “magret de canard” in French, “Entenbrust” in German and “petto d'anatra” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
magret de canard
German
Entenbrust
Italian
petto d'anatra
Polish
pierś z kaczki, piersi kaczki
Croatian
pačja prsa

Which foods contain duck breast?

Open Food Facts lists duck breast or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 263 products, most often poultry, processed meat and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Poultry175
  • Processed meat33
  • Ready meals13
  • Meat5
  • Savoury snacks2
  • Sandwiches1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 232 · United Kingdom 12 · United States 7 · Belgium 5.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where duck breast turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is duck breast?

Duck breast is a kind of duck meat.

Kinds of duck breastSmoked duck breast fillet

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Duck breast
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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